And yet my Timex Datalink did it flawlessly in 1994, using nothing more than the predictable flicker of a CRT raster. > make it safe and reliable in all eventu

And yet my Timex Datalink did it flawlessly in 1994, using nothing more than the predictable flicker of a CRT raster. > make it safe and reliable in all eventualities You mean precisely like it isn't now? I'd much rather have something fail locally based on conditions that I can affect, than fail remotely and be completely out of my control.